Home Learning April 27- May 1st

Please contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns at natalie.corcoran@nbed.nb.ca.

I hope you have a great week and the weather is nice so you can enjoy some time outside having fun!

Speaking and Listening

Choose from the following:

Listen to a story on https://www.storylineonline.net. Tell someone about the setting.

Line up 5 of your favorite teddy bears/toys. Describe one of them using descriptive words and see if the other person can find the one you described. Do it again and switch roles.

Listen to a story and tell a family member who the characters in the story were.

Do the calendar on www.starfall.com

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Alphabet

Find objects in your house that begin with the letters r,s,t and m.  Write or draw a picture of some things you find.

Review your letters and sounds by playing these songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sySEGRm8TQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi1dwHp1ppU&pbjreload=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP85wRv3M40

Review your letters on https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/

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Sight Words

Review your A - C Level sight words:

I, a, am, at, can, go, is, like, me, see, the,

to, dad, he, in, it, look, mom, my, on, up, we,

and, are, come, for, got, here, not, play, said, you.

Review these sight words with these videos:

Level A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIxhNe5_S0

Level B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5aHNnQLgE

Level C: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBKwChlunQ

If your child knows the A-C sight words here are the D-F sight words:

day, down, into, looking, she, they, went, where, will, your, all, away, back, big, her, over, this, want, who, with, came, have, help, next, now, one, some, then, was, what.

Review these sight words with these videos:

Level D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4LB3fqFMjM

Level E: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_893KdHDbB0

Level F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUhczekj93Y

If your child is having trouble with any of the sight words they can build the word with playdoh, rainbow write it (print the word tracing it in many different colored crayons), print them in the driveway with chalk or cut the letters out and practice building the word and mess it up and build it again. 

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Reading

Gather up your favorite teddy bears and read them a story.

Continue using Raz-Kids. I've assigned each student some new books for the week but feel free to let your child choose their own book around the same level. 

Login Instructions:

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com  (there is also an app available)

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, NatalieCorcoran

Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart.

Step 4: Your child enters his or her password.

Our class is the “rabbit” symbol.

Please note:  If you are having trouble accessing this site, you can also try these:

http://www.clarkness.com/Single%20Sheet%20Books%20by%20Reading%20Level.htm

https://pioneervalleybooks.com/pages/resource-center-free-downloadable-books

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Writing 

Write a story to your family about what you like about Spring?

Create a kind poster and put it your window for your neighbors to see.

How many small words can you make out of the word “Spring Flowers” List them.

Treasure Hunt: Hide or find a treasure or secret sport outside.  Make a detailed map that will guide someone to it.

Remember to sound out the words you do not know and put your spaces between the words and use your sight words to help!

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Math

Choose from some of the following suggestions:

Counting song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c63GSu3oWns&list=PL-8VPysCNVem5RUtBRv8XCZkzXqjJ6Fxy

Go on a shape hunt in your house? Is it a 2D shape or a 3D shape?

Can you find all the shapes?

Here are a few songs to review shapes before you get started on your hunt:

2D shapes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lKTEBQkpR4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gepEhdI7418

3D shapes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cg-Uc556-Q

Play the following songs “What makes 1?” and “What makes 2 song?”

What makes 1?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzJmlP6DzXM 

What makes 2?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwLW_mRjhW0

If you have a deck of cards at your house there are fun games you can play (7-up, crazy eights). If you do not know how to play you can search the instructions online.

Try some of these math games (the abcya links are not accessible from a cell phone or an iPad. They only seem to work on home computers or laptops):

https://www.abcya.com/games/counting_fish

https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/tall-and-short

https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/light-and-heavy